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Playing in the Sandbox of Evaluation Reform: Teacher as Observer
Welcome, July! June was hell in LAUSD. LAUSD and UTLA arrived at a tentative contract for the coming year – highly controversial and polarizing. Two LA teacher-led policy groups published stringent...
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Voice and Vision
Teacher voice will only take us so far without a vision to accompany it. Teacher voice is a concept that is central to my work, one that I’ve tried to immerse myself in for years, but in a webinar...
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View from the Inside: an endorsement of voice and vision for teachers
On August 8, I finished a four-week Fellowship at LAUSD Central Offices.The program is sponsored by Education Pioneers, a national foundation that takes MBA candidates and Teach for America teachers...
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Educator Excellence Task Force Calls for “Greatness by Design”
In Sacramento today, the work of fifty educational leaders came to fruition with the release of “Greatness by Design: Supporting Outstanding Teaching to Sustain a Golden State.” State Superintendent...
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Teaching Ahead Roundtable at EdWeek
This week I’m one of the guest authors in “Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable” over at EdWeek. The current topic is the public perception of teachers. My post, titled “Four Ways for Teachers to ‘Engage’“,...
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Teaching Career Pathways: Leading Professional Development
Note: in October 2012, Accomplished California Teachers will release the policy report “Promoting Quality Teaching: New Approaches to Compensation and Career Pathways.” The following post is the first...
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California Teacher, Finland Bound
Dave Orphal InterACT guest blog post by Dave Orphal Dave Orphal teaches high school social studies in Oakland, CA. In addition to being a member of Accomplished California Teachers, he is also active...
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A Seat in the Room?
A recent UTLA meeting gets underway. Who will fill open seats in the union’s House of Representatives? (photo by the author) United Teachers Los Angeles may be on the brink of an unwelcome change....
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Promoting Quality Teaching: New Policy Report from Accomplished California...
Following is the press release formally announcing the new publication from Accomplished California Teachers. Inquiries may be sent via comments below or via the ACT website contact form. FOR...
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Top Ten Posts of 2012
Happy New Year to everyone! In case you’re in that retrospective kind of mood, or just curious about what other InterACT readers find most interesting, here are the top six posts that were published...
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Common Core: Implications of Collaboration
The implementation of the Common Core State Standards is underway, and the imminent transition that will affect most American public schools is sparking a wide variety of reactions among educators I...
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Teaching Career Pathways: Peer Evaluation
Note: in November 2012, Accomplished California Teachers (ACT) released the policy report “Promoting Quality Teaching: New Approaches to Compensation and Career Pathways.” The following post is the...
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Finding Middle Ground in a New UTLA
The first time I gave birth, it took 28 hours. It was painful. I had hallucinations. My doctor threatened me several times with a C-section, throwing me into a panic of pushing. When my baby...
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CTA Expanding Teacher Leadership
Christal Watts, President of the Vallejo Educators Association, speaking at the Good Teaching Conference in San Jose. I spent Friday at a pre-conference workshop for the Good Teaching Conference put on...
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Answering Questions about National Board Certification
For a couple weeks now I’ve been meaning to write something to Lori Walton, but of course, in this venue, it’s really for anyone interested in National Board Certification for teachers. Lori raised...
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ASCD Conference Highlights: Day 2
My second day at the ASCD Conference in Chicago brought another good variety of interactions and learning opportunities. (Read about Day 1 highlights here). I started the day at the ASCD Forum, which...
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“The Corner Office” for Schools: Teamwork, Fun, and Getting Stuff Done
Here’s another post based on “The Corner Office” feature in Business section of the Sunday New York Times. This weekly interview with business leaders provides insights into the philosophies and...
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Opinion poll: teacher leader certification
In my last blog post, I wrote about the Teacher Leader Certification Academy in Riverside County, California. Their approach to teacher leadership has much in common with the 2012 ACT report on teacher...
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Deeper Dialogue On Teacher Leader Certification
Do we want teacher leader certification to run through Sacramento? (State Capitol Building, photo by the author) Two weeks ago I posted a poll about the idea of certifying teacher leaders through...
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National Board Networking
I’m in Raleigh, North Carolina, participating in a convening of National Board Affiliated Network leaders. Accomplished California Teachers is one of those affiliated networks, with a little more than...
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